Testseek.co.uk have collected 289 expert reviews of the Intel Core i5 8400 2.8GHz Socket 1151 and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i5 8400 2.8GHz Socket 1151.
October 2017
(85%)
289 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
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1783 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
6 core design
Great for productivity tasks
Exceptional 1080p gaming performance
Great for 4K gaming
Runs surprisingly cool for a 6-core CPU
Very competitive price
Six cores and high clock speed equals high performance
Intel IPC is superb
Simple overclocking with Z370 Aorus Gaming 7
Prices have been held steady from 7th. Gen
The editors didn't like
Higher than expected idle power consumption
Neutral
New CPUs require Z370 motherboard
“The latest i5 is competitively priced for a 6 core CPU
And while it does lack Hyper-Threading
It doesn’t lack raw gaming performance. An ideal choice for any gamin
Published: 2017-10-31, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: Our most recent CPU roundup pitted Intel's 7th and 8th-gen Core i5 and Core i7s against AMD's Ryzen 5 and 7 by playing and benchmarking nine representative PC games at multiple resolutions. In total eight new CPUs were tested at their base clock speeds...
Published: 2017-10-30, Author: Steve , review by: gamersnexus.net
The i3-8350K is more of a direct competitor to the R5 series than the R3 series, despite numerical prefix equivalence. At $170 to $200, depending on where and when prices are checked, the 8350K stands comparatively against the 1500X and 1600, or perhaps 1...
Published: 2017-10-25, Author: Paul , review by: tomshardware.com
Incredible value, Six Cores, Strong performance in games and applications, Price, Bundled cooler
No BSeries motherboards at launch, Poor availability, Locked ratio multiplier
The Core i5-8400 brings a powerful six-core design to the mid-range, offering class-leading gaming performance and competitive performance in heavier applications. More expensive models offer more performance in both categories, but the Core i5-8400 i...
Published: 2017-10-20, Author: Luke , review by: techspot.com
Battlefield V is playable on quad-cores but you can expect frequent frame dips, resulting in less consistent frame rates. For the most part, we've found that the older Core i5-7600K has been hanging in there pretty well with AAA titles released in 2018...
Published: 2017-10-18, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Wrapping up with the 720p data first, these low-res results are important for a few reasons, though for some they can be a bit misleading. They're important because they show us the true difference between CPUs in these games. With any speed limits remove...
Published: 2017-10-15, Author: Steve , review by: gamersnexus.net
Intel's i5-8400 CPU doesn't seem to want to stick at a fixed price – we've seen it bounce up and down with launch, though not as violently as the i7-8700K (which is gouged beyond belief at some retailers, like Microcenter). The i5-8400 has bounced about +...
Published: 2017-10-11, Author: Ian , review by: anandtech.com
It has been a long time coming, but we finally have something bigger than a quad-core processor on Intel's mainstream platform. Fundamentally it might be the same architecture as the processors preceded it, but after a decade of quad-core Intel parts, it...
Abstract: Early in 2017, Intel released their brand new Kaby Lake platform, featuring a plethora of CPUs and motherboards. The Kaby Lake platform introduced nothing new over what Skylake and its boards already offered. It was simply part of Intel's yearly refresh a...
6 cores in a Core i5, Great performance, Very competitive against Ryzen 5 parts, Price, Lower TDP and operating temperatures
No HyperThreading, No Overclocking
The Core i5-8400 is a rather interesting part, and one that many people might overlook, but they really shouldn't. If you read my Core i7-8700K review you know I said it was about time we had a 6-core Core i7 chip, but we also have a 6-core Core i5's! Tha...